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README FILE FOR PGP WINSHELL - GENERIC
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The enclosed script and executable were written using the Norton 
Desktop 3.0 for Windows Scriptmaker utility. You must have Norton 
Desktop 3.0 installed on your machine to use this utility.

WHAT PGP WINSHELL REQUIRES:
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You must already have a copy of Pretty Good Privacy on your 
computer. The PGP WinShell files must be installed in the same 
directory as PGP. If PGP is not installed in C:\PGP, you will 
have to edit PGP1.PIF and PGP2.PIF to indicate the correct the 
directory.

You should also have set the PGPPATH environment variable. 
If you have not, PGP WinShell assumes that PGP is installed in the 
C:\PGP\ directory. If you have not set the PGPPATH environment 
variable and PGP is not installed in C:\PGP\, then PGP WinShell will 
not load.

WHAT PGP WINSHELL CAN DO:
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* accept a drag-and-dropped file for encryption, decryption, or 
adding a key file to the keyring

* if no file is specified, perform the selected operation on the 
clipboard

* be used to view the PUBRING.PGP keys and user IDs

WHAT PGP WINSHELL CAN'T DO:
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* encrypt a file to more than one recipient at a time

* view or use a key file other than the default SECRING.PGP and 
PUBRING.PGP

INSTRUCTIONS:
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USER ID and PASSPHRASE:

It isn't required that you put quotation marks around these unless 
you include spaces. "Blackmoor" does not require quotation marks, 
but "Brandon Blackmoor" does.

ENCRYPT TO:

This is ignored unless you've selected the "Encrypt File" option.

FILE TO PROCESS:

If you select "Sign," "Encrypt," or "Decrypt," this is the file 
processed.

If you select "Add Keys" this must be a key file.

If this field is blank, PGP WinShell will create a temporary file 
from the clipboard. PGP will process this temporary file, then PGP 
WinShell will put the file back in the clipboard. After it does 
this, it deletes the temprary files.

This field will be ignored if you select either "View Keys" or "Add 
Keys."

SECURITY RISKS:
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The script currently defaults to the User ID "Your User ID" and 
passphrase "Your Pass Phrase".  If you are particularly trusting you 
could alter these two variables to your actual user ID and 
passphrase so you wouldn't have to type them in each time. It's a 
security risk, but it's your decision.

The temporary files are deleted by PGP WinShell, but they may be 
recovered by a disk-repair utility or one of the many "unerase" type 
programs.

FINAL NOTES:
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PGP WinShell defaults to "Armored ASCII Text" output. If you want to 
change that, you'll have to alter the source code.

This utility obviously doesn't do everything, but what it does do it 
does quickly and efficiently. If you need much more, you're probably 
better off doing it from the command line.

If I had thought ahead before writing this, I would have written it 
in Visual Basic and added a file-browse capabiltiy. Now that it's 
written, I'm basically happy with it, and I doubt I'll go to the 
bother of rewriting it in VB.

Also enclosed in this archive is PUBBSB.ASC, my public key. If you 
should have any comments, I may be contacted at:

Black Gate Publishing
P.O. Box 1134
Portsmouth, VA  23705-1134
(804) 399-6478  (9am - 5pm Eastern Time, Mon-Fri)
CompuServe: 72604,545
GEnie: BBlackmoor
America Online: BBlackmoor


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